Brown and Kulik [Brown R, Kulik J (1977) Cognition 5:73-99] introduced the term "flashbulb memory" to describe the recall of shocking, consequential events such as hearing news of a presidential assassination. They proposed that the vivid detail of such memories results from the action of a unique neural mechanism. In the present study of personal recollections of the terrorist attacks of Septe...

The visceral larva migrans (VLM) is a syndrome observed in human infection with helminth larval eggs such as the Toxocara spp. that usually infects dogs and cats. Among the risk factors involved in the occurrence of VLM, particularly important is the size of these animal populations. Sorocaba is a city with a dog population twice as large as that recommended by the World Health Organization. Th...

Objective: Non-adherence to medication regimens is a major obstacle to the success of medical therapy. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors affecting medication adherence among the homeless population in downtown

ABSTRACT Radiocarbon ( 14 C) in natural samples undergoes changes due to variations atmospheric CO 2 resulting from anthropogenic activities. To analyze the variation of C ratio , deciduous tree leaves were collected Gyeongju, a popular tourist city South Korea. Leaf Prunus subg. Cerasus trees at five different sampling points throughout over 3 years (2018, 2020, and 2021). The data categorized...

The Parking Services program for the City of Eugene currently hires DePaul security guards to patrol downtown Eugene parking facilities in order to record incidents and deter criminal activity. This paper conducts analysis to determine the existence of a deterrent effect from increased security presence, in addition to assessing the efficacy and efficiency of Parking Servicesʼ security guard al...

Policy exploration for downtown revitalization gets becoming important in also Japan. This article deals with a modeling and simulation project of downtown visitors' shop-around behavior using an intelligent agent approach, by mainly devising and implementing planning (dynamic scheduling/ rescheduling), learning and adaptation functions. In this article, first, we explain the architecture of AS...

Planning policies in several European countries have aimed at hindering the expansion of out-of-town shopping centers. One argument for this is concern for the increase in transport and a resulting increase in environmental externalities such as CO2-emissions. This concern is weakly founded in science as few studies have attempted to measure CO2-emissions of shopping trips as a function of the ...

The Japan National Committee for the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) and UICC - Asia Regional Office organized an international session as part of the 74th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association on the topic "What are the implications of sharing the concept of Universal Health Coverage for cancer in Asia?" Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is included in the United Nation...